FIRST QUARTER 2016 - ISSUE 17 ISSUE 17 ISSUE TRANSFORMATION Looking back at local government’s many successes SERVE AND DELIVER YEARS Local government at the coalface of service delivery 15OF RESTORING HUMAN DIGNITY Voice17_Cover_3.indd 1 2016/02/11 12:11 PM Untitled-1 1 2015/09/11 12:25 PM CONTENTS CONTENTS FIRST QUARTER 2016 - ISSUE 17 Local government’s 14 biggest projects Fifteen years of democratic and developmental 8 local government Looking back at local government’s 15-year INSIDE 16 transformation MUNICIPAL MATTERS THIS ISSUE 32 Municipal Demarcation Board and SALGA EDITORIAL DELIVERY INTERNATIONAL ARENA 2 Fifteen years of your voice 34 Cooperation is key FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CEO MUNICIPAL MEMO 7 Looking forward to the new year with hope 36 Government’s efforts to help communities LEAD FEATURE FROM THE FLOOR 8 Fifteen years of democratic and developmental 45 Parliament: progress made in the Back to Basics local government programme GLOBAL TITAN AWARDS MUNICIPAL MATTERS 12 CEO Xolile George is recognised 51 Small Towns Regeneration Conference MUNICIPAL MATTERS ELECTION ROUNDUP 14 Local government’s biggest projects 52 Build-up to the 2016 Muncipal Elections FEATURE NATION-BUILDING 16 Looking back at local government’s 15-year transformation 57 Building the future NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 25 Night of the stars 62 SALGA scene and heard ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE SOCIAL MEDIA 30 SALGA delivers, despite the odds 64 SALGA gets social ISSUE 17 VOICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1 Contants.indd 1 2016/02/11 10:37 AM EDITORIAL DELIVERY FIFTEEN YEARS OF YOUR VOICE SALGA South African Local Government Association SALGA EDITORIAL TEAM In this issue, we look back at the successes and challenges in Executive Editor: Seana Nkhahle, SALGA’s Executive Manager, Office of the Chief Executive Officer SA’s democratic and developmental local government system. Communications Manager: Tahir Sema Marketing Manager: Buhle Ngwenya Content Co-ordinator: Bongani Masango Marketing Officers: Valerie Setshedi, Emelda Pheko s we are about to embark on the councillors who are faced with the daunting Media Relations Officer: Sivuyile Mbambato 2016 Municipal Elections, Voice task of governing municipalities, which are of Local Government takes time to responsible for reversing entrenched, systemic PICASSO EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION TEAM A Content Manager: Raina Julies re ect on the many highlights experienced structures and spatial challenges. Content Co-ordinator: Natasha Maneveldt by local government over the past years. The We also chat to the chief electoral of cer of Copy Editor: Lynn Berggren-Goodwin Editorial Intern: Amy Stimson South African Local Government Association the Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Head of Design Studio: Jayne Macé-Ferguson (SALGA) celebrates 15 years of successful Mosotho Moepya, who discusses the build-up to Designers: Mfundo Archie Ndzo, Anja Hagenbuch Project Manager: Jerome van der Merwe governance, and this issue aims to depict registration, ensuring that you cast your ballots. [email protected] success stories, despite the many dif culties Communities must realise that their choice of Sales Consultants: Jacqueline Bezuidenhout, Andrew Leeuw councillor will determine their community’s fate. Vic Nandlall, Zukisani Silwana, faced by our municipalities. Frank Simons, Yoliswa Stivin Local government has the task of bridging We also have our regular segments, as Production Editor: Shamiela Brenner the gap between the rich and poor. They well as a feature by Rodney Weidemann that Advertising Co-ordinator: Merle Baatjes Business Manager: Lodewyk van der Walt lead by listening to the community – open covers SALGA’s international engagements, [email protected] communication and transparency are vital to and reports on new developments made in Senior Bookkeeper: Deidre Musha ensure that shortcomings in terms of service Parliament and especially NCOP processes. delivery are addressed. Dale Hes’s article We close off with an article very near discusses local government’s biggest projects and dear to SALGA that introduces the and the journey followed. organisation’s social media presence, in Local government has faced many challenges which SALGA’s Communications Manager Times Media Building Central Park, Black River Park over the past 15 years. The transformation Tahir Sema reiterates the importance of open Fir Street, Observatory 7925 Tel: +2721 469 2400 Fax: +27 86 6822 926 process was hindered by the consequences of communication with the people. Readers are the previous apartheid-led government, and encouraged to utilise the various social media an oppressed people. Bearing this in mind, platforms available to them, and to engage with we highlight the importance of the Municipal local government. Elections, held every ve years to elect SALGA wants to hear your voice. General Manager: Magazines: Jocelyne Bayer PRINTED BY ABOUT SALGA he South African Local Government Association (SALGA) is an autonomous association of SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DISTRIBUTION Shihaam Adams municipalities, with its mandate derived from the 1996 Constitution of the Republic of South [email protected] TAfrica. This mandate de nes SALGA as the voice and of cially recognised representative of Tel: +2721 469 2400 local government. SALGA interfaces with Parliament, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Follow and like us to keep up to date with SALGA news. and the Cabinet, as well as provincial legislatures. The association is a unitary body with a membership of 278 municipalities. Its national of ce is based in the City of Tshwane, with of ces in all nine provinces. SALGA’s strength lies in the intellectual capital it has acquired through its people over the years, and in its values to be Responsive, Copyright: Picasso Headline and SALGA. No portion of this magazine may be reproduced in any form without written Innovative, Dynamic and Excellent. consent of the publishers. The publishers are not responsible for SALGA’s mission of being consultative, informed, mandated, credible and accountable, ensures unsolicited material. Voice of Local Government is published quarterly by Picasso Headline (Reg: 59/01754/07). 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Kgosi Ledimo: CEO of Provincial and Local Government within FNB’s Public Sector Banking. NB is one of the most pre-eminent players in South Kgosi Ledimo, CEO of Provincial and Local Government Africa’s financial services industry. Their influence has within Public Sector Banking at FNB, has been instrumental in Fprompted them to embark on an initiative to improve the spearheading this initiative. Sitting down with the man for a few standing of municipalities throughout the country. The FNB minutes, one feels his undeniable passion for the work he does Academy for Municipal Excellence, commonly known as FAME, in the municipal space. It is a fact that service delivery protests was launched on 16 October 2014, which coincided with the have increased due to the lack of necessary skills in many of South 20th anniversary of South Africa’s democracy. It was launched Africa’s municipalities. 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